Manajan Manchester United, Michael Carrick, ya yi bayani a bainar jama'a game da buƙatar daidaito bayan wata bazara da kulob ɗin ya kashe sama da £150m don ƙarfafa tsakiyar filin wasa — yankin da aka ɗauka a matsayin fifiko na saye a lokacin rani.

Wannan zumbar kashe ya kawo 'yan wasa uku masu sabo: Andrey Santos daga Chelsea da £48m, Youri Tielemans daga Aston Villa da £35m, da kuma ɗan wasan Cameroon Carlos Baleba da £70m — na ƙarshe yana cikin manyan saye goma mafi tsada a tarihin kulob ɗin.

Tsakiyar filin da aka cika

Da ƙara Kobbie Mainoo da Bruno Fernandes a wannan jerin, Carrick yana da 'yan wasa biyar na tsakiya suna fafatawa don wurare kaɗan. Zuwan Santos da Tielemans ya biyo bayan rashin samun Elliott Anderson da Mateus Fernandes, amma kulob ɗin ya yi sauri da zarar waɗannan yarjejeniyoyi sun kasa.

Kowane ɗan wasa yana kawo halaye daban-daban. Baleba yana ba da sauri, zalunci na tsaro, da wayewa ta matsayi. Tielemans yana ba da natsuwa yayin riƙe ƙwallon, daidaiton wucewa, da hangen nesa na kirkirar wasa. Santos yana fice a fafatawa na ɗaya-da-ɗaya, yana kare layin tsaro daga matsayin zurfi, kuma yana amfani da guɗuwa gajeru don yarje layin abokan gaba. Mainoo, a nasa bangare, yana da ƙwarewar dabi'a ta karɓar ƙwallo a wurare masu cunkoso da turawa Manchester United zuwa gaba.

Tsohon mai tsaron ƙofa na Manchester United, Ben Foster, ya haifar da muhawara a kafofin sada zumunta ta hanyar nuna cewa Mainoo har yanzu ba ɗan wasan da aka ƙaddamar da farawa ba ne, kuma zai amfana daga aro inda za a dogara da shi a kowace wasa. Martanin da aka samu kan layi ya kasance mai tsanani gaban wannan ra'ayi, yayin da magoya baya da yawa suka jaddada cewa Mainoo ya cancanci kasancewa cikin sunaye na farko a kowace lissafin 'yan wasan.

Juyawar UEFA Champions League ya zama wajibi

Carrick yana kula da buƙatun dawowar zuwa UEFA Champions League a karon farko cikin kakar wasanni da yawa. A kakar da ta gabata, United sun buga wasanni biyu kawai a tsakiyar mako a rabin biyu na kakar, suna jin daɗin hutu na kwanaki 13 da 11 bayan waɗannan wasannin. Wannan jin daɗin ya tafi.

United za su fuskanci wasanni biyar a cikin kwanaki 16 don buɗe kakar, tare da tafiya zuwa Everton a matsayin farko. Idan suka ci gaba a EFL Cup, ƙungiyar ba za ta sami lokacin hutu a tsakiyar mako ba har zuwa Kirsimeti — jadawalin da ke da wahala wanda ke sa juyawar tsakiyar filin ya zama dole, ba kawai zaɓi ba.

Dan wasan Brazil Casemiro ya tafi bayan ƙarewar kwantiraginsa, yayin da Manuel Ugarte na Uruguay — wanda a kowane hali an sa ran zai bar kulob ɗin — yana wajen wasanni har zuwa shekara mai zuwa bayan ya samu rauni na jijiya mai siffar gicciye a lokacin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Mason Mount ma ya samu rauni a wuri mara dace a farkon watan Agusta, yana tunatar da tarihinsa mai damuwa na rasa wasanni.

Hangen nesa na Carrick ga kakar